Indian team led by an inspirational Virat Kohli scripted history by winning its first ever series across formats on the South African soil as they crushed South Africa by 73 runs in 5th ODI, thereby taking an unassailable 4-1 lead in the six-match ODI series.

Pune-based Indian long-distance swimmer Rohan More swam across the Cook Strait between North and South Islands of New Zealand in 8 hours and 37 minutes, becoming the first Asian and the youngest to complete it.

India's winter sports poster boy Shiva Keshavan on Sunday brought the curtains down on his over two-decade international career with a 34th-place finish in the men's luge singles event of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Russia's absence from the Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony where its athletes marched as independents due to the country's drug scandal, was a positive sign in the fight against doping, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday.

Haryana maintained their top position by adding two gold medals while Maharashtra picked up three yellow metals to move into the second place on the seventh day of competitions in the first Khelo India School Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday that 15 Russian athletes and coaches who had their lifetime bans overturned by world sport’s highest tribunal will not be invited to this month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games.

Defending champion P V Sindhu stumbled on the threshold of glory once again, suffering yet another narrow defeat in a pulsating final, this time against American Beiwen Zhang to finish runner-up at the India Open Super 500 tournament on Sunday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) came in for sharp criticism for its bizarre rules on playing conditions after the play was stopped for lunch with India needing just two runs to win the second ODI against South Africa in Centurion on Sunday.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav’s magical wrist spin outfoxed a depleted South Africa as India romped to a crushing nine-wicket win in the second ODI to reclaim the pole position in the ICC rankings in Centurion.

Defending champion P V Sindhu stood just one step away from retaining her title after defeating Thailand’s Ratchanok Inthanon in a lop-sided semifinal at the USD 350,000 India Open Super 500 tournament in New Delhi on Saturday.

The national team’s captaincy came his way quite early and in an unusual manner but Aiden Markram looks all prepared to deal with the “good pressure” by taking along the seniors in the South African side.